Category: z Cohort 05
The Blog Hits 400! But which is your favourite one ask Ollie?
400 Up! As we near the end of the second academic year of its life I am pleased to report that the SES Blog has just hit 400 Blogs Posts! The Stamford Endowed Community is rightly proud of the safe forum that it has provided for students to begin to find their digital student voice. […]
Why Higher Income Tax doesn’t work. Winning ESU debate by Tom and Oscar.
This house would implement an upper rate of income tax of 70% on incomes over £5 million Ladies and Gentlemen, today my partner Oscar and I will be opposing the motion that “This house would implement an upper rate of income tax of 70% on incomes over £5 million”. I will be showing you why […]
Grace and Darcy blog Year 12 Geography Field Trip
Y12 Geography Field Trip to Wales Write-up By Grace Newton and Darcy Johnson On Friday, the 8th February 2019 the year 12 A Level geography students went to the Rhyd-y-Creuau Field centre in Snowdonia. It was a 5-day trip to collect data to prepare for our compulsory personal investigation known as the NEA (Non-Examined […]
SHS 6th Form claim 2nd place in Cross Fit Competition.
SHS 6th form fitness team for their second place at the first ‘Cross Fit’ competition with teams from Oundle & Uppingham. Great attitude, hard work and a real sense of pride in wearing the school colours! We are already looking forward to the next competition!
Chinese New Year! Blogged by Evelyn in English + Chinese. All the Boarding Houses of SES celebrate together! Loads of pictures!
An introduction to Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year, also called Spring Festival, is the most important and widely celebrated festival of all in China. It traditionally begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; The night before the 1st day is called Chinese […]
Tom and Oscar blog on whether we should we ban the work of artists who have committed morally reprehensible acts?
Throughout history many masterpieces have been crafted by someone who has committed an act that could be seen as morally reprehensible – from either our modern-day perspective, or at the perspective of society’s moral outlook at that time. Yet does that mean that the art itself is morally reprehensible? Should art not be judged by […]
Tom and Ethan make Stamford School history representing the school for the first time in “Rackethlon”
On Sunday we made our racketlon debut in a UK-wide tournament held in Nottingham. We were the first students to represent the school in this sport. Racketlon is the ‘triathlon’ of racket sports, comprised of table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis, played first to 21 points in each sport. We dominated the squash, only losing […]
SES A level Chemists blog about competing at the University of Nottingham
Chemistry Analyst Competition – Tuesday 15th January University of Nottingham On 15th January 2019, six Chemistry students from SES travelled to the University of Nottingham to take part in the regional round of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Schools Analyst Competition. This is an annual event where teams of three Year 12 students are […]
Sam Hughes blogs a comprehensive report about SES progress in County Cross Country Championship 2019
County Cross Country Championships 2019 On Saturday the 19th January Burghley hosted the County cross country championships. To be eligible to race for Kesteven on Saturday, a district qualifier had been held in December. The results from Saturday would be used to select the Lincolnshire team for Anglian race and English schools. Finishing in the […]